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the artist nicolas grospierre in a video |
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By courtesy of Nicolas Grospierre and the Sainsbury Center for Contemporary Arts, Norwich |
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Researching atmospheres
International PhD-course with Jürgen Hasse,
Juhani Pallasmaa and Jean-Paul Thibaud
Date: April 16th – 18th 2013
Place: Aarhus School of Architecture, Noerreport 20, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark
‘Atmosphere’ as a concept for our sensuous experiences of environments (human and non-human) has in recent years entered the agenda of many disciplines from philosophical aesthetics to human geography, from urban studies and architecture to anthropology and archaeology. Much effort has been devoted to conceptualising and theorising atmosphere. This PhD- course concentrates less on such questions than on the HOW of researching atmospheres. Which methods are available, and how do they relate to specific research questions about atmosphere? More information:
Researching atmospheres |
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Photography Exhibition
Nicolas Grospierre: Embassy
Opening: on Thursday, 4 April 2013 at 7 p.m.
Exhibition: Thursday 4 April, 7:00 pm — Friday 10 May 2013, 7:00 pm
Place: Platán Galéria, 1061 Budapest, Andrássy út 32. The Embassy project is a semi-fictional semi-documentary series of photographs of an embassy of an Eastern European country of the former COMECON. The photographs were indeed all taken in a real Eastern European unused embassy, however it has been chosen to modify slightly some of them, in order to produce confusion in the viewer’s mind as to wether what he is watching is true or not. The viewer is thus invited in a slightly Kafkaesque journey through empty offices which become more and more claustrophobic and unreal. In a reference to the Cold War diplomatic habits of manipulation, as well as to the former soviet bloc’s use of photomontage, these photographs are seeminlgly documentary, ergo objective, whereas in reality the viewer will never know if what he sees is true or not, truthful or manipulated. More information:
http://polinst.hu/grospierre |
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Photography Exhibition
Photo 13
Bastienne Schmidt, Roger Ricco, Jill Greenberg
Opening reception: Saturday evening, March 2,
6:30 - 8:00 pm
Exhibition: March 2 - April 6
Location: Kenise Barnes Fine Art, 1955 Palmer Avenue, Larchmont, New York 10538
www.kenisebarnesfineart.com More information about Bastienne Schmidt:
www.bastienneschmidt.com |
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World Stadium Awards 2012 |
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World Stadium Awards 2012 Designed by gmp Architekten, Warsaw’s National Stadium prevailed against international competition and won the World Stadium Award in the best multifunctional stadium design and most innovative use of technology categories in stadium design. On the occasion of the 2012 UEFA European Football Championship, the stadium was reconstructed on top of the existing – but since 1988 no longer used and dilapidated – earth wall stadium (Stadion Dziesieciolecia), and re-opened in January of this year. More images and architects’ description after the break. (www.archdaily.com) |
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2012 Prince of Asturias Award for the Arts |
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Rafael Moneo receives the 2012 Prince of Asturias Award for the Arts At its meeting held in Oviedo, the Jury for the 2012 Prince of Asturias Award for the Arts has decided to confer the 2012 Prince of Asturias Prize for the Arts on Rafael Moneo Vallés, a Spanish architect of universal scope whose work enriches urban spaces with an architecture that is serene and meticulous. An acknowledged master in both the academic and professional field, Moneo leaves his own mark on each of his creations, at the same time as combining aesthetics with functionality, especially in the airy interiors that act as impeccable settings for great works of culture and the spirit. (Fundación Príncipe de Asturias: www.fpa.es) |
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Valentien+Valentien and SLADI received the "Design Prize 2011" of the City Shanghai for the landscape architecture of the Chenshan Botanical Garden Shanghai. |
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Pritzker Architecture Prize |
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Wang Shu of The People’s Republic of China will be the recipient of the 2012 Pritzker Architecture Prize. It was announced by Thomas J. Pritzker, chairman of The Hyatt Foundation which sponsors the prize. The formal ceremony for what has come to be known throughout the world as architecture’s highest honor will be in Beijing on May 25. „In announcing the jury’s choice, Pritzker elaborated, “The fact that an architect from China has been selected by the jury, represents a significant step in acknowledging the role that China will play in the development of architectural ideals.“ Wang Shu and his project Ceramic House, Jinhua, China are presented in the publication "M8 in China" sample pages: www.jovis.de The book is available and can be ordered through your bookshop or through the JOVIS Website. |
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